IT’S TIME FOR the all-conquering Cork ladies football team to put their title on the line with Dublin providing the opposition.
We’re live from Croke Park following all the action in the 2014 All-Ireland ladies senior football final.
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Result: Cork 2-13 Dublin 2-12
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Welcome along to Croke Park and the countdown is on to the 2014 All-Ireland ladies senior football final. Cork against Dublin, throw in here at 4pm.
Here’s how Cork will start:
1. Martina O’Brien (Clonakilty)
2. Roisin Phelan (Aghada)
3. Angela Walsh (Inch Rovers)
4. Brid Stack (St Mary’s)
5. Vera Foley (St Val’s)
6. Deirdre O’Reilly (St Mary’s)
7. Geraldine O’Flynn (St Mary’s)
8. Rena Buckley (Donoughmore)
9. Briege Corkery (captain) (St Val’s)
10. Annie Walsh (Inch Rovers)
11. Ciara O’Sullivan (Mourneabbey)
12. Orlagh Farmer (Midleton)
13. Valerie Mulcahy (Rockbán)
14. Grace Kearney (Bride Rovers)
15. Orla Finn (Kinsale)
And here’s how Dublin will start:
1. Cliodhna O’Connor (Naomh Mearnóg)
2. Rachel Ruddy (Ballyboden St-Enda’s)
3. Sorcha Furlong (St Brigid’s)
4. Leah Caffrey (Na Fianna)
5. Sinéad Finnegan (Fingallians)
6. Sinéad Goldrick (Foxrock Cabinteely)
7. Siobhán McGrath (Thomas Davis)
8. Denise Masterson (Naomh Mearnóg)
9. Molly Lamb (Kilmacud Crokes)
10. Noelle Healy (St Brigid’s)
11. Natalia Hyland (Ballyboden St-Enda’s)
12. Carla Rowe (Clann Mhuire)
13. Lyndsey Davey (Skerries Harps)
14. Sinéad Aherne (St Sylvester’s)
15. Lindsay Peat (Parnell’s)
The Cork subs are:
Jean O’Sullivan, Aisling Barrett, Emma Farmer, Ann Marie Walsh, Nollaig Cleary, Rhona Ní Bhuachalla, Eimear Scally, Norita Kelly, Marie Ambrose, Roisin O’Sullivan, Shauna Kelly, Doireann O’Sullivan, Mairead Corkey, Jessica O’Shea and Maire O’Callaghan.
The Dublin subs are:
Emer Ní Eafa, Lucy Collins, Niamh McEvoy, Siobhan Woods, Olivia Leonard, Sarah McCaffrey, Colleen Barrett, Deirdre Murphy, Martha Byrne, Nicole Owens, Olwen Carey, Emma McDonagh, Niamh Collins, Michelle Davoren, Margaret Mohan.
Cavan’s Maggie Farrelly is the referee for this game. The pre match parade is now under way.
Dublin playing in to Hill 16 in the first-half and Noelle Healy wins an early free.
But it’s a bad shot from Sinead Aherne, struck wide from a very favorable position.
Cork 0-1 Dublin 0-0
2 mins – First score of the game comes from the left boot of Cork’s Valerie Mulcahy after she was fed by Grace Kearney.
Goal chance for Cork as Ciara O’Sullivan’s shot is blocked before Valerie Mulcahy’s follow up effort goes wide.
Cork 0-1 Dublin 0-1
9 mins – Lyndsey Davey draws Dublin level with a strong run down the middle and then she blasts the ball over the bar.
Dublin 0-2 Cork 0-1
10 mins – Dublin edge ahead through a converted free by Sinead Aherne.
Dublin 0-3 Cork 0-1
11 mins – Aherne again, this time from play, as Dublin stretch their lead.
Dublin 1-3 Cork 0-1
13 mins – Huge boost for Dublin as they break through Lindsay Peat and she races clear before finishing to the net with a low left-foot shot.
Dublin 1-4 Cork 0-1
18 mins – Dublin cut Cork open again with a direct delivery. Looked like a goal was on but Sinead Goldrick elected to boot a high shot between the posts.
Dublin 1-5 Cork 0-2
20 mins – Superb point by Sinead Aherne from the right wing stretches Dublin’s lead further but Cork bounce back as they end a long scoring drought through wing-back Geraldine O’Flynn.
Dublin 1-5 Cork 0-3
22 mins – Better again from Cork as Valerie Mulcahy clips over a point.
Dublin 1-6 Cork 0-3
24 mins – Lyndsey Davey strikes a point for Dublin with the ball deflecting off the crossbar and upright before going over.
Dublin 1-7 Cork 0-3
26 mins – Carla Rowe notches another point for Dublin and they’re now seven clear approaching half-time.
Cork’s wides total creeping ever higher, they’ve had ten shots go past the posts in the first half.
Dublin 1-7 Cork 0-5
32 mins – First blood in the second-half for Cork as Mulcahy slots over a free.
Chances for Cork to make further progress but Geraldine O’Flynn and Brid Stack both strike wides.
Dublin 2-9 Cork 0-5
35 mins – Is that it? Lindsay Peat gets through to smash home Dublin’s second goal and then both Noelle Healy and Lyndsey Davey point.
Dublin 2-9 Cork 0-6
41 mins – Mulcahy slots a free for Cork as she tries to bring them back into it.
Dublin 2-10 Cork 0-6
43 mins – Noelle Healy bags another point, Dublin ten clear.
Dublin 2-10 Cork 1-6
45 mins – Cork badly needed that boost. Clever hand pass by Valerie Mulcahy released Ní Bhuachalla and she blasted home a goal.
Dublin 2-10 Cork 1-7
46 mins – Cork cut the deficit further as Orla Finn clips over a point off her left.
Dublin 2-10 Cork 1-8
47 mins – Cork comeback on? Mulcahy with a brilliant point off her right.
Dublin 2-11 Cork 1-8
48 mins – Carla Rowe with a superb point for Dublin to ease the pressure.
Goal chance for Cork but Mulcahy’s shot is blocked by Dublin’s Cliodhna O’Connor.
Dublin 2-11 Cork 2-11
54 mins – What a comeback by Cork as Eimear Scally fires to the net after a pass from Ciara O’Sullivan.
There will always be a market to exploit in Ireland. Even though there is apparently a recession Irish people seem to always have the money to waste on sporting events that are anything but what they appear to be.
We saw it with Bernard Dunne with the O2 packed everytime he fought there even though he was fighting lads who were handpicked so they could cash in. When he had to fight the mandatory challengers he was exposed.
Dana White sees that he can cash in with the Irish people so willing to spend money. No doubt McGregor will have several fights handpicked so they can sell out a few O2 dates and bleed the Irish dry before he fights an actual good fighter and is exposed.
“Money to waste on sporting events”…”bleed the Irish dry”…You would swear by your comments that people aren’t free to make their own choices on whether to buy a ticket or not!
Whether Mcgregor fights or not, the O2 will sell out with the thousands of UFC fans in Ireland! If people want to spend their hard earned money on going then its their choice, whether you believe its a waste or not!
I went to all of Dunnes’s fights in the O2. I dont class any of them as a waste of money. It gave everybody in there a great feeling and was very enjoyable to watch!
Agree with what you say about Bernard Dunne to a certain extent, Brian Peters and Rte certainly built up some of those fights to be far more than they actually were, to entice the casual fans. But people got their moneys worth with his performance against Cordoba.
But as far as McGregor goes with the UFC.. McGregor is already huge in the states and the last thing the UFC needs is to be showing his fights at 2 in the afternoon over there. They’ll have him fight next year in Dublin but after that I’d say most of his fights will be in the states.The o2 is only roughly a 9k seater stadium. The UFC makes far more off televison deals and pay per views than they do off ticket sales. The likes of Alexander Gustaffson whos swedish and a huge hit there has only got to fight there once, because its far more profitable for the UFC to have him on at a prime time in the US on pay per view cards.
And as far as opponents go, theres talk of him fighting Diego Sanchez in his next fight which is by no means an easy one. A big lightweight, whos a veteran. The quicker the UFC get him up the ladder and closer to contention for a title the more money for the UFC. McGregor has an international audience at this stage, not just the Irish.
No they were not a waste of money as he was winning but he was beating nobodies. He beat one good fighter in his career and was then exposed by the better ones and put into retirement. He avoided the best fighters for as long as possible so he, Peters and RTE could all make as much money before he was exposed and the bubble burst. If he was a great fighter he would still be boxing now and certainly wouldn’t have retired when he did.
It’s too early to judge how good McGregor is going to be but I’m sceptical.
Agreed. But there’s no value for the UFC in nursing him against nobodies in Ireland. They should move him on quickly enough. If he beats Diego Sanchez convincingly I’ll start believing. I’d much rather he stayed at featherweight though, and I think the UFX could feel the same, so that fight mightn’t happen. They could give him a handy fight like Andy Ogle at featherweight in Dublin but I hope not. Cole Miller would be an interesting one, and a step up in class.
I don’t think he would beat Diego sanchez.
Tough one..he would definitely outstrike him, Sanchez has sloppy striking and he overcommits way too much. Sanchez is a beast though and he would come in heavier than McGregor. I reckon McGregor would beat him..but I’d rather he stayed at featherweight!
He’s a featherweight /lightweight
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